Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-14
Friday, january IA, 1857.
THE SENATOR'S NOMIyATED.

The Hon. Joseph r.. Hawley the
choice of the Republicans and
Ex-Governor ungersoll That of the
DemOcrats-Bills Before the Senate
and House-The First Labor Bill
of the Session - The Governors
Secretary Officially Announced.
Especial to the JOURNAL AND COURIER
HARTFORD, Jan. IL.
The nomination by the Republican legisla-
tive caucus this afternoon of the Hon. Joseph
R. Hawley as the candidate for United States
Senator was no surprise to the Republican
citizens of the State and will give universal
satisfaction.
But little business of Importance was
transacted at the Capitol to-day outside OF
the nominations for Senators. Several petit
tions were referred, mostly to incorporate
cemeteries. The first labor bill of the ses-
sion was introduced in the House by Mr..
King, of Naugatuck. 1t provides for the
stamping of all goods made by convict labor.
1t provides fine of not more than $500 for
its violation and applies to all the States
prisons where goods are made. 1t was re-
ferred to the Labor committee.
The following bill was introduced by Rep
resentative Chaffee, of Derby:
Property of residents Of this State who have
served in the army or navy of the United States IN
the property of the resident widow or wife of any
such known, excepting such as has not come TO her
marriage. and of resident vi1owed mothers a d
pensioned widows and mothers of soldiers and sail
orS who have so served and been honorably dis
charged shall be exempted from taxation to the
amount of one thousand dollars"
1t was officially announced to day that
George P Mclean, of Simsbury, had been
appointed by Governor Lounsbury as his
executive secretary. The fact that the ap-
pointment had been made had already been
announced in the COURIER. Mr.. Mclean
has served term in the Senate and has a
very lucrative law practice in this city. He
will no doubt make an excellent secretary in
every respect.
"There will be but little business transact
ed of any great Importance before the latter
part of January" said legislator this after
noon. "The parallel road lobbyists are get
ting in great deal of hard work." said he,
Hand no doubt they will achieve nearly all
they are aiming at. And, by the way, Pc
tition will be brought to the legislature some
time early in February to compel the holders
of $50, 900 of the $500, 1000 of old first mort
gage bonds of the Shepaug road to come into
the reorganization scheme. These bonds
still hold out and decline to exchange for
preferred stock"
The lobbyists were out in force day,
making themselves solid with the green
members of the House. This body is
we'll organized and is said to be getting in
pretty effectual work even at this early date.
The average reader thinks of lobbyist as a
person who by corrupt means secures the
passage of jobs through the legislature, but
here in Hartford lobbyists very generally
respected and not looked at in such light.
Many well known citizens belong to this
house of lobbyists, or the third house. as it
is more generally termed. The headquar
tiers of the body are at the Allyn House and
on any day during the sessions of the House
the corridors of the hotel are filled with a
crowd Of Senators, Representatives and lob
byists, the latter class skipping about
among the legislators and holding quiet lit
tie chats, which oftentimes result in
pledges This work of the third House is
done so skillfuily and adroitly nowadays that
not only is detection dsfed, but it is really
hard except for those who are constantly on
the watch to find good grounds for suspicion
This legislature being the first biennial, and
there being no other session for two years,
the lobbyist intend to get in some pretty
solid work before the session closes.